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Providing Hope, Healing & Advocacy Since 1990
All services provided by Safehope are always confidential, voluntary and free of charge. No one will be denied services based on race, disability, color, gender, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, family status, military status or political affiliation.
Who We Are
Supporting Survivors Through Compassion & Advocacy
Safehope creates a safe environment where survivors can understand available resources, explore their options, and begin healing from trauma. All services are confidential, voluntary, free of charge, and provided to every survivor without discrimination.
35+
Years of Advocacy
25,000+
Survivors Supported
24/7
Confidential Support
Our advocates are available 24 hours a day, providing confidential support, crisis intervention, and guidance whenever survivors need assistance.
Our Mission
Supporting Survivors Through Advocacy & Hope
Our Mission
Supporting Survivors Through Advocacy & Hope
Safehope provides advocacy and support to all those affected by domestic violence, sexual assault, mass violence and stalking in Harvey, Marion and McPherson counties in Kansas. Safehope creates a safe environment for survivors to understand the resources and options available to them, and to get support as they begin to heal from trauma.
Advocacy & Survivor Support
Safe & Confidential Services
Free & Voluntary Assistance
Healing Through Compassion
Community Education & Prevention
Our History
More Than 35 Years of Hope & Advocacy
1990
The Beginning of Safehope
Safehope, originally named Harvey County DV/SA Task Force, began in 1990 when a group of concerned citizens saw a need in Harvey County to help victims of domestic and sexual violence. A group of local physicians donated a house to be used as a shelter. A hotline was established to give survivors a place to call for support, and a group of committed community members worked tirelessly to provide the necessary services. The mission established at that time was to provide advocacy and services to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault while encouraging social change through education. That mission continues today.
2015
A New Home for Outreach
For many years, advocates worked out of offices in the unfinished basement of the shelter and offices in the Harvey County Courthouse. In 2015, the organization moved its outreach offices to 316 North Oak Street in Newton.
2016
Expanding Our Service Area
In 2016, the organization agreed to add Marion and McPherson counties to its service area. With that change, the organization began doing business as Safehope. Outreach offices were established in Marion and McPherson to serve survivors across the entire service area.
February 2016
Responding to Mass Violence
In response to a mass violence incident in Harvey County in February of 2016, Safehope advocates began providing services to those affected by mass violence including primary victims, families, community-members and first responders.
2018
Opening The Resiliency Center
Through funding provided by the Office for Victims of Crime, the organization opened The Resiliency Center in 2018, to continue and enhance services provided to those affected by mass violence. Services provided at The Resiliency Center include free therapy with licensed therapists for all survivors served by Safehope.
Today
Continuing the Mission
It is estimated that since the organization’s inception, services have been provided to over 25,000 survivors in our service area. Safehope is thankful for the brave survivors who reached out and trusted us with their stories of abuse and trauma, courage and survival; the generous community members who supported this organization with their time and their finances; and the advocates, past and present, who have walked the painful path with survivors on their trauma healing journeys for the last 35 years.